Yes, that sounds like it. Of course I have to specify what exactly I mean by “altruistic/meaningful”, and as soon as I do this, the question whether S1=S2 might become very trivial, i.e. a deductive one-line proof. So I’m not completely sure whether the procedure I use makes sense, but it seems to be the only way to make sense of my past selves changing their ethical views. The alternative would be to look at each instance of changing my views as a failure of goal preservation, but that’s not how I want to see it and not how it felt.
Yes, that sounds like it. Of course I have to specify what exactly I mean by “altruistic/meaningful”, and as soon as I do this, the question whether S1=S2 might become very trivial, i.e. a deductive one-line proof. So I’m not completely sure whether the procedure I use makes sense, but it seems to be the only way to make sense of my past selves changing their ethical views. The alternative would be to look at each instance of changing my views as a failure of goal preservation, but that’s not how I want to see it and not how it felt.
OK. Thanks.